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O’Key
“O’Key has an ambitious expansion strategy and we need a strong partner with worldwide experience and local presence who can accompany us in our aggressive plan,” states Sébastien Verhaeghe, OKeys executive director, corporate functions. We selected Soft Solutions over other big-name vendors because of their expertise in retail, functional coverage and their capacity to deliver results in a short time,
Sebastien Verhaeghe
Executive director, corporate functions
CVS / Caremark
On the go-live of the CVS PIM Project in Sept 09: Of all of the components in the merchandising roadmap, this one was the most important and hardest to implement. By establishing a firm but flexible foundation, we are now in great shape to positively impact the business. Congratulation to all!
Raymond Auger
Vice President, Retail Systems
Canadian Tire
On the success of the CTR MDM & Pricing Upgrade Project in Sept 09: Congratulations to the CTR Change program, IT and pricing business teams in another successful implementation on time and on budget...
Duncan Reith
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Carrefour
"Carrefour Spain was the natural first candidate to implement the Soft Solutions Retail MDM Suite as a core foundation for our IT System. We have been impressed with Soft Solutions' dedication and retail industry knowledge, and expect a successful deployment. This deployment will be completed by the first semester of 2007 when the legacy systems will be completely replaced by ibs REFERENTIAL."
Eduardo Morillas
Carrefour Spain CIO
Deloitte
“Soft Solutions’ unique analytics engine safeguards the accuracy of its business application, as it is an embedded module inside ibs RETAIL BUSINESS SUITE,”
Gilles Goldenberg
Global Vice Chairman
Auchan
"Soft Solutions have a unique understanding of the master data requirements of large retailers, the certification by GS1 is a further demonstration of their commitment to Global Standards and underlines the fact that they are the leading software company in Europe in enabling retailers to capture the benefits of Data Synchronisation. "
Daniel Malouf
CIO
Carrefour MAF
"Soft Solutions is a partner who is reactive and capable of addressing our CATEGORY management business needs rapidly. Their multiple client references, project methodology and the professional commitment of their team were key success factors in our project.
Frank Witek
CEO, Carrefour MAF
Mosmart
"I was pleasantly surprised by Soft Solutions' depth in retail experience and functional coverage. Their team's retail experience and dedication shows the real passion in the product"
Eric Blondeau
CIO
Galeries Lafayette deploys the latest version of ibs DEALS for supplier management by its subsidiary BHV
In 2010, BHV will be equipped to manage suppliers' negotiations like Galeries Lafayette, currently using the solution since 2005. The upgraded version of ibs DEALS will generate higher return on investment on margins and productivity for the group in addition to bringing visibility to the entire supplier negotiation process.
Carrefour Middle East migrates the latest version of ibs DEALS and ibs CATEGORY for supplier and category management in 2010
The corporate purchasing center, operating out of Dubai, uses both solutions to manage all the their category and suppliers negotiations in the Gulf countries like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Pakistan and Iran. Carrefour Middle East targets to add more than 10 hypermarkets in 2010 bringing its total to 50 for this fast growing region.
Castorama in Russia goes into production with ibs DEALS for supplier management in Feb 2010
Used successfully since 2004 by Castorama France and Poland as well as B&Q UK to manage their entire supplier purchasing and negotiation process, Castorama Russia will follow the other Kingfisher Group operating companies after a short implementation period of 2 months. Other operating companies of the Kingfisher Group, like Brico Depot, will be next on the agenda for deployment.
CVS to implement Soft Solutions's ibs CENTRAL for its Promotions Allocation
CVS launched the Promotions Allocations project this year after running live successfully on Soft Solutions' ibs REFERENTIAL for PIM, Vendor and Store master data management and ibs PRICING for the Pricing department. The allocation project will leverage all the master data currently in place as well as Soft Solutions' analytics engine to power the allocation forecast.
Soft Solutions Version 7 release ahead of schedule
Soft Solutions' released the first of its ibs SUITE based on the version 7 architecture. Version 7 leverages the Webflow approach to enhance navigation access dynamically to information while addressing the challenges of the underlying business process in place.
O'Key Implements Soft Solutions Suite for their Master Data, Analytics, Buying, Merchandising and Supply Chain Operations in Russia
O'Key, Russia's fastest growing retailer, implements the complete Soft Solutions Suite. The scope covers Soft Solutions Retail Operations Suite for allocation, ordering, inventory, supply chain and store operations, Retail Business Suite for negotiation, pricing, promotions, assortment and merchandise management, Retail Analytics Suite for demand forecasting and optimization, Retail Collaboration Suite for retailer-supplier collaboration on top of Soft Solutions' proven and powerful Master Data Management Suite (MDM).
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Soft Solutions’ webcast on “Effective Trade Promotions Management Requires Robust Master Data Management Capabilities” – 21 July 2009.
Listen to Mike Griswold of AMR Research and Joe Fakhry of Kingfisher Group and understand how trade promotions management (vendor funding) when done well reduces process costs, increases gross margin, and improves promotional execution.
Intermarché selects Soft Solutions to enhance capabilities for optimizing their category, prices and margin
ibs CATEGORY enhances capabilities for their category management strategies, to provide continuity throughout the category management and buying process, ibs PRICING provides Intermarché with advanced price optimization and management functionalities such as competitor management, rules-based simulation and price execution in a single platform while ibs ANALYTICS embedded forecasting engine provides ibs CATEGORY and ibs PRICING the forecasting and optimization capabilities.
AMR - Retail IT Leaders Forum on Master Data Management Feedback
33 executives from 13 member companies participated in the Retail Peer Forum Teleconference: “Master Data Management” held on December 11, 2008. Members shared perspectives on how today’s retailers drive successful master data management (MDM) initiatives within their organizations. The teleconference guest retail co-lead, the Director of Merchandising and Marketing Systems for a chain drug retailer, described the evolution and lessons learned from its current MDM initiative. The call was co-led by Mike Griswold, VP Retail, AMR Research.
Carrefour MAF successfully implemented Soft Solutions’ ibs CATEGORY in August to manage Carrefours vendor buying negotiations for eight of their countries.
ibs CATEGORY used in conjunction with ibs DEALS, implemented in 2004, will provide significant return on investment for Carrefour by improving their buying profits and the management of their centralized buying process.
Soft Solutions launched its new embedded V6 ibs Analytics Forecasting Engine, supporting the fast growing Retail Demands. ibs ANALYTICS supports retailers full Pricing, Promotions, Markdown, Assortment and Store Replenishment optimization process.
“Soft Solutions’ unique analytics engine safeguards the accuracy of its business application, as it is an embedded module inside ibs RETAIL BUSINESS SUITE , declares Gilles Goldenberg, Global Vice Chairman for Consumer Business Industries at Deloitte.
FNAC (PPR) successfully upgraded Soft Solutions’ ibs DEALS from V5.0.9 to V6.0.3 in August to improve their vendor profits
Etienne Bertin, the CIO of FNAC, complimented the joint Soft Solutions and Atos Origin implementation team on the respect of project deadlines, user satisfaction and improved performances. This implementation will be followed by a pricing project to consolidate their market share and price image.
Mosmart, Russia’s fastest growing retailer, successfully implemented Soft Solutions’ ibs DEALS 2nd Batch in August to manage their vendor purchasing negotiations
It will continue to implement the rest of Soft Solutions Retail Suite over the next few months to manage its Assortment, Pricing, Promotions, and Store process in addition to providing a solid Master Data Management solution to support its ambitious growth of tripling its growth by end of 2009.
CVS/Caremark successfully implemented Soft Solutions Master Data Management solutions (ibs REFERENTIAL and ibs DATASYNC) to replace their PIM legacy in July
This is the first in the series of projects to deploy the rest of Soft Solutions Retail Suite over the next three months to cover vendor, store and price management. According to Ray Augers, VP of Retail Systems, our MDM solution is the foundational application for their merchandising roadmap for the next 10 years.
Canadian Tire Retail (CTR) successfully implemented Soft Solutions’ Master Data Management and Merchandising solutions (ibs REFERENTIAL and ibs PRICING) for use by 400 pricing department and category managers in July
It will enable greater visibility and process improvement of the MDM and pricing process. This is the first phase of the CTR Marketing Change Program to replace its 40-year old legacies systems by Soft Solutions Retail Suite.